Resumo
We briefly discuss a letter written by physicist of German origin AlbertEinstein (1879-1955) to the Norwegian Nobel Committee nominating the
Brazilian military officer, geographer, explorer and peacemaker Candido
Mariano da Silva Rondon (1865-1958). Einstein nominated other eleven
scientists, and all them were Nobel Prizes laureates. We also examine
and discuss the Nobel Peace Prize Nominators and Nominees from 1901 to
1964. Just taking into account data up to the year of the Nobel Prize,
the highest number of nominations was awarded to an organization, the
\textit{Permanent International Peace Bureau} in 1910, with a total of
103 nominations, followed by two women: Bertha von Suttner (101
nominations, 1905) and Jane Addams (91 nominations, 1931). Data show
that the average number of nominations per Nobel Prize awarded was 17.7,
and only 18 of the total 62 laureates exceed this average. At the other
extreme there were often prizewinners who had just zero, one, two or
three nominations - a highly subjective indicator. We also verified that
there were at least 25 nominations by
National Parliaments, there were determinants for some winners.
Considering the results presented, it is possible to affirm that Rondon
received sufficient nominations to be awarded the Nobel Prize, even not
considering Einstein's letter.